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Polar Kayaking | Galapagos | Ecuador | Costa Rica | Panama | Seychelles | Arctic | Spitsbergen | Antarctica |
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Galapagos Galapagos and Amazon by Sea Kayak, Dugout Canoe, Hike, Bike and Horseback Ecuador Galapagos and Amazon by Sea Kayak, Dugout Canoe, Hike, Bike and Horseback Costa Rica Costa Rica Wildlife & Volcanoes by Kayak Hike Bike & Horseback Arctic Around Spitsbergen Voyage Antarctica Kayaking, Camping & Skiing on the Antarctic Peninsula
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Canoes and kayaks provide some of the most unobtrusive and inspirational means of exploring wilderness areas of coast, rivers, mangroves and lakes. The only disturbance you bring is the sound of a paddle and the ripple of the water you float in, which makes for a closer encounter with wildlife than is possible on foot. A canoe can also allow you access to habitats and open water that you could not reach by any other means. We have created opportunities for wilderness exploration by canoe and sea kayak in some of the world's greatest natural areas. In the Tropics these include the flooded forests of the Amazon, the Galapagos Islands, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama and the Seychelles. We also operate kayaking in the Polar Regions of the Arctic Spitsbergen, the Antarctic Peninsula, South Georgia and the Falklands. We can incorporate canoeing and kayaking as much or as little as you wish. For example, in Costa Rica's Tortuguero National Park we always offer the option to add a few hours gentle kayaking in the placid waters of the many water channels which bisect its wildlife rich forests. Our longest canoe journeys are in the Amazon flooded in which we combine two nights in a rainforest lodge with one or more nights 'Out of Africa' style fully catered fly camping deep in the rainforest. This is privately guided and one of the few locations where we use traditional dugout canoes in an area occupied by the Siona indigenous people. 
Many of our Canoe & Lodge Safari experiences are based out of comfortable wilderness lodges, so after a day in the elements you can relax in a hot shower, enjoy great food and a freshly made bed. In other places, we prepare catered camping for you en route. This can still provide you with a great deal of comfort and excellent food, but with the added fascination of experiencing the natural world by night as well as by day. Most of our canoeing and kayaking experiences require no previous experience at all, making use of crafts which are completely open and without any need for a capsize drill. In the Arctic and Antarctica we have to use spray decks and dry suits which means that clients need to have at least some experience of canoeing. The main skills needed under these circumstances is an ability steer a course and to slip out of a canoe if it turns over. It is extremely unlikely you would ever need to do this in the placid polar waters we take you to, but a safety precaution just in case. Photographs kindly provided by Luis Hernandez, John Gray, Ralph Pannell, Lapa Rios, Marcelo Meneses |
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